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• 53 more Êzîdîs freed from ISIS 

  A group of 12 women and 41 children in 12 Êzidî families were returned to Mount Shengal yesterday evening after being rescued from ISIS thugs.
• Heavy clashes ongoing in Şırnak 

  Clashes continue in Şırnak’s Gazipaşa, İsmetpaşa, Cumhuriyet and Dicle neighborhoods. Military dispatching to the city continues non-stop.
• Turkish aerial activity over guerrilla zones 

  Several fighter jets of the Turkish military have flown over PKK-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory starting from 10.30 this morning.
• Erdoğan’s ex-bodyguard among those killed in Amed 

  Reports say one of the policemen killed in yesterday’s bombed action in Amed was the ex-bodyguard to the Turkish President Erdoğan.
• People returning to İdil face remnants of the state occupation 

  Returns to İdil have started with the lifting of the "curfew" which remained in effect for 44 days.
• Sexual abuse exposed in Bingöl after Karaman 

  The sexual abuse of children in Turkey keep coming to light. After the terrific reports from the province of Karaman, a sexual abuse attack took place in Bingöl this time.
• 13 people including 3 civilians die in attacks on Makhmur and Baqirte 

  The town of Makhmur and Karaj village of Baqirte town in South Kurdistan territory were hit by suicide attacks late Thursday evening.
• Gever under ongoing bombardment by state forces 

  Rural areas of Gever's Alekanan and Kadyan villages and the Orşe area were bombed with Cobra type helicopters through the night.
• 7 policemen killed, 27 injured in Amed 

  In an action on a police shuttle bus in Amed, 7 people died and 27 were injured in Bağcılar neighborhood in Amed’s central Bağlar district.
• Gang groups bomb Sheikh Maqsoud 

  Gang groups affiliated to Syrian National Council (SNC) and the National Council of Syrian Kurds (ENKS) are bombing the areas of Cendûl, Riya Kasêlo and Benî Zeyd in Sheikh Maqsoud (Şêxmeqsûd) neighborhood of Aleppo.
• ID details of father and son martyred in YPG ranks announced 

  YPG announced the identity details of the father and son who lost their lives fighting in the ranks of the People's Defense Units.
• Residents not allowed back in İdil 

  The residents of İdil wanting to return after the curfew has been lifted are not allowed through. Hundreds of vehicles are lined up on Cizre and Midyat roads and the people are waiting still.
• Operations of political genocide in four cities 

  In line with the political genocide operations, 1 person was arrested in Hakkari, while many were detained in Bingöl, Batman and Siirt.
• 2 children killed by crane working on police station in Amed 

  In Amed, a crane carrying concrete slabs to the police station hit a school wall and tore it down yesterday. 2 children were crushed under the rubble and died, while 1 child was seriously injured.
• Co-mayor of Dargeçit remanded in custody 

  Detained yesterday at the check point set up in Midyat’s entrance, Dargeçit Municipality Co-mayor Zeynep Sipçik was remanded in custody with allegations of “membership to a terrorist organisation”.
• Clashes and bombardments continue in Şırnak 

  Neighborhoods were continuously bombed as clashes continue in the province of Şırnak with ongoing genocidal attacks and the continued popular resistance against them.
• Yet another curfew in Gever's Vezirava village 

  A curfew has been put in place in Vezirava village and Çimenli area in Hakkari’s Gever district that have been under attack from state forces for the last two days.
• First images from İdil after 44 days of curfew 

  After the 44 day long curfew was lifted in Şırnak’s İdil district earlier today, the scope of the destruction caused by state forces is coming to light.
• Turkish jets bomb guerrilla areas 

  Turkish military attacks against guerrilla areas in South Kurdistan territory continue.
• YPS: 21 members of Turkish forces killed in Şırnak, Nusaybin and Gever 

  21 members of Turkish forces were killed in recent actions and clashes in Gever, Şırnak and Nusaybin.
• 2 civilians killed in missile attack on Kobanê's Qubê village 

  ISIS gangs have launched 2 missiles on the village of Qube, 35 km to the southwest of Kobanê, at around 10:15 Wednesday morning.
• Gendarmerie brigade and police centre in Şırnak hit by armed actions 

  Şırnak Çakırsöğüt Gendarmerie Brigade and the building of Directorate of National Education, which currently serves as headquarters for special operation police, have been targeted by simultaneous actions.
• YBŞ Commander talks about the 'Operation for Martyrs of Shilo' 

  YBŞ Commander Ciger Guyi talked about the 'Operation Vengeance for Martyrs of Shilo' which -he said- was started to "avenge our martyrs and our people who lost their lives in the massacre”.
• “AKP wants to isolate Sur and force people to accept TOKİ” 

  Amed Chamber of Architects board member Melik Aslan criticized AKP’s occupation plan for Sur and said, “Once they legitimize the demolition, they will force the people to accept TOKİ’s ‘freak’ houses.”
• Nusaybin resistance in its 17th day 

  The besieged neighborhoods in Nusaybin are being shelled by state forces popular resistance against intensifying attacks continues in its 17th day.